When Bai Fu and the Child of Prophecy had both left, the tense atmosphere aboard Titan Industries' command ship immediately eased.
Aside from Xue Quan's few close confidants, not many people actually thought his death was a bad thing.
Of course, everyone still wore mournful expressions on the surface.
They had to at least keep up appearances.
"What do we do now?"
The chairman's assistant asked the assembled Transcendents aboard the command ship, trembling with fear.
Lei Ming Dao shook his head with a sigh and rose from the floor. "At this point, we should just retreat. We'll return to the explored universe. The chairman has just died, so I don't think The First Agreement will reject our request."
Nobody else objected.
After sending a request to Ignatz, Lei Ming Dao and the others immediately abandoned some of their ships and left the Apostle Holy City without looking back.
According to Lei Ming Dao's original plan, after Bai Fu killed Xue Quan, he had intended to "reluctantly" surrender to her.
But perhaps because the Child of Prophecy had suddenly appeared, Bai Fu had withdrawn outright, leaving only a group of Undying behind to keep attacking Titan Industries' fleet.
There was no helping it. He could only return to Titan Industries first and make plans from there.
Before long, news of what had happened to Titan Industries spread throughout the explored universe.
There was no hiding the death of a chairman.
The entire explored universe was in an uproar.
The news that the Rebirth Empire's capital planet was under siege and on the brink of collapse had already been shocking. Nobody had expected there to be another powerful figure involved.
Was this Bai Fu's counterattack?
Truly terrifying!
For a time, many who had defected to Ignatz when they saw his power